Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 86 km SW of Karluk, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 86 km SW of Karluk, Alaska on Fri, Apr 19, 2019, 6:50 PM AKDT (02:50 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 Alaska Peninsula. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-04-20 02:50:36 UTC
Depth
62.9 km (39.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.137° N, 155.646° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.0ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.0ML, local (Richter)AACSEPreliminary

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
24

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 109 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.539 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.297 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 77 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 2.654 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 88 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.780 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 90 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.880 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 67 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 1.944 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 87 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.946 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 74 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.913 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 51 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.972 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 57 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.535 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 63 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.626 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 1.579 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 73 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 2.6127 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.877 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 45 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 1.938 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2719 days ago · 82 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.047 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2718 days ago · 59 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 2.04 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2718 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.723 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.865 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 54 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 1.991 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2715 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  21. 1.625 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 1.962 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 77 km deep · 33 km away
  23. 3.453 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 48 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 2.374 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 125 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 2.153 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 47 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 1.755 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 89 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 1.882 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 1.864 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 66 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 1.983 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 2.886 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 116 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 1.729 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 1.720 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 3.086 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  34. 1.582 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  35. 1.880 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 119 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 3.050 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 111 km deep · 65 km away
  37. 3.483 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  38. 1.680 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  39. 2.072 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 100 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 3.494 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 77 km deep · 81 km away
  41. 1.837 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 55 km deep · 49 km away
  42. 2.159 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 1.620 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 1.961 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 1.673 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  46. 1.527 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  47. 2.181 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 1.668 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 88 km deep · 64 km away
  49. 2.179 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 131 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 1.723 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 1.572 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 68 km deep · 49 km away
  52. 2.052 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
  53. 2.186 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  54. 2.491 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 68 km deep · 43 km away
  55. 1.58 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
  56. 2.313 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 44 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 2.0100 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 1.6101 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 68 km deep · 28 km away
  59. 1.926 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 1.667 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 84 km deep · 52 km away

The first 60 of 109.

Before

  1. 2.5110 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 50 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 2.911 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.8Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 67 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.171 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 82 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 1.648 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 85 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.552 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 91 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 2.5120 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 1.837 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 54 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 1.985 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.138 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.236 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 60 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2734 days ago · 95 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.558 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.871 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 127 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 2.382 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 1.876 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 92 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 1.557 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 70 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 1.945 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 63 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.148 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.965 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2737 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away

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